Thread:KrytenKoro/@comment-1191892-20190506104054/@comment-134861-20190506121317

> I'm not sure what you mean about "English:

ex.

Rebellion is Dante's trademark sword in every entry in the series except the original Devil May Cry.

Pondering the abilities of the Yamato to divide, Dante deduces that Rebellion likely has the inverse power, and impales himself upon the blade. He is proven right as the sword combines with his inherent power while simultaneously fusing with the Devil Sword Sparda. This allows him to unleash his true power, and later to summon a new blade, Devil Sword Dante, into existence.

Dante is impaled with the blade, with his blood inadvertently awakening the sword's true power along with his demonic powers, and granting him access to Devil Trigger.

Each of those sound very awkward in English.

> you don't need that many definite articles when you're only talking about one distinct thing with a proper-noun name

There is a single citation where "Rebellion" is used without "the", and that cite then immediately uses "the Devil Sword Dante". The majority of the game's script uses "the Rebellion, the Yamato, the Devil Sword Sparda". Even DMC1 uses "the Force Edge". It's the standard in-publication way to refer to the swords, and a standard way to refer to swords, weapons, ships in the real world.

> "mirror" is an extremely vague term that sounds more like it has the power to reflect the power of Yamato than that it has the opposite power

It doesn't say "power to mirror", it says "mirroring power". That's standard usage of the word. It does not, however, have an inverse power (it doesn't reverse what Yamato does), and that's why the vagueness is intentional -- it is clearly the black to Yamato's white, but they are not strict inverses.

> and "assimilates himself with his inherent power" is pure word salad.

...it's exactly what's going on in the scene. Willingly stabbing himself with the Rebellion brings Dante, not the sword itself, in touch with his true power, Sin Devil Trigger.

> which is certainly not "half" of it, it's the hilt and a little pointy bit of blade

"Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect. "

> but he doesn't manifest Devil Sword Dante for the first time until he's hovering in front of Urizen

He calls it to hand in front of Urizen. The citations and script clearly communicate that it was forged at the same time as SDT was unlocked.